Photonics and thermodynamics concepts in radiative cooling

S Fan, W Li - Nature Photonics, 2022 - nature.com
Radiative cooling is a ubiquitous passive process that uses photon heat flow to carry away
energy and entropy. Radiative cooling processes have been studied in the scientific …

Photonic structures in radiative cooling

M Lee, G Kim, Y Jung, KR Pyun, J Lee… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
Radiative cooling is a passive cooling technology without any energy consumption,
compared to conventional cooling technologies that require power sources and dump waste …

Direct observation of the violation of Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation

KJ Shayegan, S Biswas, B Zhao, S Fan, HA Atwater - Nature Photonics, 2023 - nature.com
Thermal emission—the process through which all objects with a finite temperature radiate
electromagnetic energy—has generally been thought to obey reciprocity, where the …

Beyond the visible: bioinspired infrared adaptive materials

J Yang, X Zhang, X Zhang, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Infrared (IR) adaptation phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and biological systems. Taking
inspiration from natural creatures, researchers have devoted extensive efforts for developing …

Transforming heat transfer with thermal metamaterials and devices

Y Li, W Li, T Han, X Zheng, J Li, B Li, S Fan… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The demand for sophisticated tools and approaches in heat management and control has
triggered the fast development of fields that include conductive thermal metamaterials …

Optical metasurfaces for energy conversion

E Cortés, FJ Wendisch, L Sortino, A Mancini… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

Nonlocal flat optics

K Shastri, F Monticone - Nature Photonics, 2023 - nature.com
In electromagnetics and photonics,'nonlocality'refers to the phenomenon by which the
response/output of a material or system at a certain point in space depends on the input field …

A polydimethylsiloxane-coated metal structure for all-day radiative cooling

L Zhou, H Song, J Liang, M Singer, M Zhou… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Radiative cooling is a passive cooling strategy with zero consumption of electricity that can
be used to radiate heat from buildings to reduce air-conditioning requirements. Although this …

Thermal photonics with broken symmetries

T Liu, C Guo, W Li, S Fan - ELight, 2022 - Springer
Nanophotonic engineering provides an effective platform to manipulate thermal emission on-
demand, enabling unprecedented heat management superior to conventional bulk …

A solution‐processed inorganic emitter with high spectral selectivity for efficient subambient radiative cooling in hot humid climates

C Lin, Y Li, C Chi, YS Kwon, J Huang, Z Wu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Daytime radiative cooling provides an eco‐friendly solution to space cooling with zero
energy consumption. Despite significant advances, most state‐of‐the‐art radiative coolers …